Statement from Steve Wilks

[Ricky Spanish]

I feel like Wilks could have been a great coach for us, but at a different time in the franchise.

If Rivera had not been the coach right before the Rhule hire, I could see it happening. But going from Rivera to Rhule to Wilks just seems like ending up where we started, especially since Wilks would be pulling together a very similar staff to Rivera since their coaching carreers are so intertwined

On top of that we are in desperate need of a Franchise QB and Reich is a great offensive mind/teacher, he lines up better in terms of team overall need.

If we brought Wilks in with a QB already in place, I think it could have worked. 

Wilks seems like the right guy at the wrong time for us. Hopefully Reich is the right guy at the right time. 

 

[Khyber53]

He's a good, Good man. He'll win out in the end and we were blessed to have him here.

Best of the world to him!

[ForJimmy]

We need to get this man a front office job.  Such as class act and represents our team and Charlotte very well.  

[NJPanthers12]

Very noticeable he didn’t thank Tepper or the front office. Intentional, so he can use this for the lawsuit.

[Mr. Scot]

 

[frankw]

Major kudos to him I wish him the best always. Hopefully he does not end up coaching on a rival team.

[Silent Majority]

2 hours ago, TheCasillas said:

I wonder if he called his lawyer and told him that poo wasnt cool for him to tweet.

Lol FOH

[ECUPantherFan]

Maybe should have moved a safety over the top to cover Mike Evans after his 1st or even 2nd touchdown and you’d still be coach. 

Edited January 27, 2023 by ECUPantherFan

[CamWhoaaCam]

Watched just about every media show yesterday and today and they all basically said Wilks should have got the job.

We hired a coach that had a worst record and used the "we need a offensive coach" excuse when the Colts had one of the worst offenses in football last year.

 

Sucks for Wilks but this happens all the time. Nothing you can really do about it. These owners will hire whoever they want with their money. Race is a issue but nothing is going to change unless we start getting some minority owners in the NFL.

I wish Wilks the best but it's time we move on from the WIlks talk. The sub becomes toxic when race is a point of discussion.

[ForJimmy]

5 minutes ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Watched just about every media show yesterday and today and they all basically said Wilks should have got the job.

We hired a coach that had a worst record and used the "we need a offensive coach" excuse when the Colts had one of the worst offenses in football last year.

 

Sucks for Wilks but this happens all the time. Nothing you can really do about it. These owners will hire whoever they want with their money. Race is a issue but nothing is going to change unless we start getting some minority owners in the NFL.

I wish Wilks the best but it's time we move on from the WIlks talk. The sub becomes toxic when race is a point of discussion.

How did Reich have a worse record as a HC vs Wilks?  Wilks is a good bit below 500 I believe....

[trueblade]

6 minutes ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Watched just about every media show yesterday and today and they all basically said Wilks should have got the job.

Total Access gave the hire about 10 seconds of coverage and never mentioned Wilks. 

Eisen discussed the hire on "The Rich Eisen Show". Spent most of the segment talking about the other jobs. Never mentioned Wilks.

[ForJimmy]

4 minutes ago, trueblade said:

Total Access gave the hire about 10 seconds of coverage and never mentioned Wilks. 

Eisen discussed the hire on "The Rich Eisen Show". Spent most of the segment talking about the other jobs. Never mentioned Wilks.

People google and find articles they want to see.  The Raiders interim coach got them into the playoffs last year and wasn't offered the job and no one really cared.  This won't be much different.  Wish Wilks the best and I would love for him to get a front office job in Carolina because he seems to really love the franchise and the fans love him.  At this point it's time to move on to Reich's staff and then the draft. 

[bigdog10]

Really hope he gets a shot somewhere. His accomplishments in his 12 games are hard to overlook. 
 

I do hope when he does get another chance that he squeezes in a bit more aggressiveness into his style. The Tampa game ultimately should have taught him that tough lesson. Had we gone for those fourth downs and won that game, I’d be stunned if he wasn’t named our head coach. 

[WarHeel]

Huh… the huddle collective told me he was bitter AF and looking for legal action. How about that…